Bildad Forename

116,581st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 3,666 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Bildad Forename Definition:

Bil'-dad, old friendship, or old love. The Shuhite, one of Job s friends, thought by some to have descended from Suah, the son of Abraham, by Keturah. Job ii. 11, &c.

Bildad Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya
100%
3,2141:14,4081,608
Haiti
100%
1371:78,2994,721
Mexico
 
89%
561:2,216,86512,597
Nigeria
100%
431:4,129,40465,600
Peru
 
71%
271:1,177,46114,768
Uganda
100%
261:1,575,26622,772
DR Congo
100%
211:3,515,60073,131
Indonesia-211:12,283,984367,223
United States
80%
 
191:19,080,894157,882
El Salvador-111:576,5264,842
Chile
 
89%
101:1,760,72112,680
Honduras
100%
101:881,74710,598
Nicaragua
 
80%
71:859,76211,907
Tanzania
100%
71:7,541,18837,665
Jamaica-71:411,89011,384
Colombia-71:6,825,56133,843
South Africa
100%
61:9,088,775152,087
Brazil-61:35,706,026284,222
Venezuela
100%
51:6,040,37977,223
Cameroon-41:5,402,62668,032
India-31:404,959,3243,244,417
Ecuador-21:8,863,46021,868
Costa Rica
100%
21:2,383,97418,662
Israel
100%
21:4,201,45930,777
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Paraguay
100%
11:7,236,80516,549
Thailand-11:70,065,813391,235
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Marshall Islands
100%
11:51,2305,014
Malawi-11:17,112,31024,110
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Guatemala
100%
11:16,108,42913,998
England-11:55,602,921189,715
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010

Bildad (262) may also be a surname.

Bildad Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Bil'-dad, old friendship, or old love. The Shuhite, one of Job s friends, thought by some to have descended from Suah, the son of Abraham, by Keturah. Job ii. 11, &c.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: confusing (by mingling) love.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

Bildad Forename Popularity

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